The Delta independent., 1887-02-01
STATE NEWS.
Black Hawk had an ice carnival last

crying need of artificial tOboggan slides. ,
The Board of Trade of Santa Fe are
going to visit Denver on the 10th of Febru-
ary.
The Central Christian Church of
Pueblo are about to erect new house of
worship.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
are intending to build new depot at Colo
RADIO Springs.
The total expenses of the United
States Courts held In this State last year
were $40, 1876.
The Arapahoe county Jail is so over
crowded with prisoners that an outbreak is
looked for at almost any time.
The bill for the creation of Chilcott
| county, with Akron as the county seat, has
passed the lower branch of the Legislature.
Ranchmen are getting s45 per ton
| for hay in Aspen. The stage companies
are paying $40 for it delivered at points on
the Glenwood road. where it is needed.
The Astor mines. near Georgetown,
have been sold to London syndicate for
81 ,ee225 600 This is one of the largest mining
transfers ever made in Clear Creek county.
Ferdinand Schiverea, a Spanish ex-
| horter, is holding revival services in Den
yer. He is after the Sam Jones order of
piety.
Eighteen hundred employees of the
Midland were paid their months wages at
| Douglas City last Saturday. The scenes
| around the saloons and dance-houses are
said to have beggared description.
Mat Daily, AN employe of the 10
Reynolds mine at Lawson, jumped into the
bucket In the absence of the engineer and
| fell TO the bottom of the shaft, $50 feet. lie
was not much hurt but terribly surprised.
Three judgments of $3.50 each. in
favor OF Frank +. Brown, Matthew Il Webb
and Dennis Ryan, and against the Bassick
Mining company, of Rosita, were returned
In the district court of Denver on the 25th.
Oscar ID. Pratt, a sixteen-year-
boy, was shot and killed by Matt Crawford,
in the Southern part of Douglas county last
week. The shooting seems to have been
without provOcation. Crawford is under
arrest
The Colorado Coal & Iron Company
has enough contracts for the manufacture
| OF rails on hand TO keep them running six
months, SO they are not very badly scared
| over the cut in freight of $40 a ton from
| Chicago
The corral of George l.. Goulding 4
| Co, on WaZee street, Denver, was burned
| Saturday night, and thirty-eight head of
blooded stock roasted In the flames. The
money loss is $1,000, partly covered by in
surnnce.
Carbondale, n new town at the june
ton Of the Aspen and Western and Rio
Grande roads, In Garfield county, is having
boom OF considerable Importance. \
town-site has been laid out and lots are
selling rapidly.
A Legislative committee visited the
pcniten;iary at Canon City few days ago.
The principal complaint the prisoners had
to make was that the only Denver papers
they were allowed TO read were the Times
and Challenge.
The Circle Railroad in Denver has
been sold for s75o.coo. 1t is supposed to
have been purchased for one of the great
trunk lines which are heading this way.
Sensational developments in railroad cir
cles are promised before long.
The fleshless bones of man who
had eviden ly been killed by mountain
lions were found few days ago in the
eastern part of Arapahoe county. Evidences
of terrific struggle were abundant The
remnants of rifle lay on the ground. The
stock was broken to splin,ers, and tie bar
rel was bent into perfect hoop. Only the
boots and white fe,t hat of the.unfortunate
man were left.
A correspondent writing from Aspen
says: The apex sidc-lne question is the
all-absorbing .opic, and many are the spec
ulatons as b, the final result. Business men
complain o, dull times, although TO a cas-
ual observer there appears to be little foun-
datIon for such complaints. A marked I'M
provempnt is expected and will probably be
realized. upon the arrival of one or more of
he railroads pushing towards them.
There have been found sure enough
indications Of oil near Green River. 1t is
the genuine crude petroleum of a greenish
color The showing is altogether on the
surface and would indicate oil in paying
quantity. The territory will be developed
at once. Parties are arranging for drill
ing outfit, and we predict successful issue
of the venture. We have formation In the
Grand Valley similar to that Of the country
near Green River and prospectors would
have as good chance of striking 1t here as
any place in Colorado.-Grand Junction
News.
The Republican says: 'Ex-Governor
Routt returned home on Wednesday night
from a visit east. His chief business was
at Omaha to urge the Union Pacific Com
pany to build an extension from their road
to his marble quarries at Marble Glen. The
road is to be completed at as early date as
possible to enable him to begin extensively
the work of quarrying. While upon his
eastern trip he made substantial progress in
introducing his marble TO the favorable at
tention of the business circles, not only in
Omaha, but Kansas City, st. Louis and Chi
cago. He believes that he has the best mar
BILE In the world, and is willing to risk
money in showing his faith. even to the ex-
tent of goodly number Of thousands, and
that to without the proffered aid of eastern